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Few-Shot Prompting

Including 2-5 input/output examples in the prompt to demonstrate desired behavior. More effective than zero-shot for format adherence and domain-specific tasks.

Where this is taught

• Few-Shot Prompting for Tool Use — Phase 1: Advanced Prompt Engineering for Agents
• Build the Content Generators — Build an AI Content Factory
• Pipeline Architecture & Voice Capture — Build an AI Content Factory

Related terms

Zero-Shot · In-Context Learning · Chain of Thought

More in Prompting

Chain of Thought (CoT) · Zero-Shot · Self-Consistency · Prompt Engineering

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